The Ghost of the Tavern Tart

Spread the loveIn the summer of 1859, as the country was rapidly coming apart over the issue of slavery, a man slipped into the Appalachian town of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

Spread the loveOtto Wood was born in Western North Carolina and ran away from home at age 7 to live with his uncle in West Virginia. That first “escape” from

Spread the loveDuring the Civil War there were numerous local militias formed, but none quite like Thomas’ Legion. Composed of Cherokee Indians and local Western North Carolina men led by